Re: MD Noam Chomsky

From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Fri Jun 04 2004 - 14:59:33 BST

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    MSH writes:

    > I wouldn't mind swinging this thread back toward the MOQ. Anthony's
    > original post (seems like forever ago) was made because he had just
    > heard a Chomsky lecture and thought he caught the aroma of the
    > Metaphysics of Quality in the man's thinking.
    >
    > I think so too. Here's a Chomsky quote about freedom, from an
    > interview conducted in May 1995 by Kevin Doyle. It sounds kinda
    > MOQish to me:
    >
    > "I think it only makes sense to seek out and identify structures of
    > authority, hierarchy, and domination in every aspect of life, and to
    > challenge them; unless a justification for them can be given, they
    > are illegitimate, and should be dismantled, to increase the scope of
    > human freedom. That includes political power, ownership and
    > management, relations among men and women, parents and children, our
    > control over the fate of future generations (the basic moral
    > imperative behind the environmental movement, in my view), and much
    > else. Naturally this means a challenge to the huge institutions of
    > coercion and control: the state, the unaccountable private tyrannies
    > that control most of the domestic and international economy,
    > and so on."
    >
    > Thoughts? Comments? Or, rather, thoughtful comments?

    Glad to see Chomsky's eloquent justification for invading Iraq.

    Platt

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